<< >> NASA ASRS Report 957162, July 2011

A PA18 pilot reported while landing on a wet grass runway in deteriorating weather conditions a windshear on short final caused a ground loop resulting in damage to the aircraft.

Attributes
ACN	957162
Time
Date	201107
Local Time Of Day	0601-1200
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	PA-18/19 Super Cub
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Final Approach
Route In Use	Visual Approach
Flight Plan	None
Person 1
Function	Single Pilot Pilot Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Commercial
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 30 Flight Crew Total 600 Flight Crew Type 130
Events
Anomaly	Inflight Event / Encounter Loss Of Aircraft Control Inflight Event / Encounter Weather / Turbulence

Narrative:

I was landing at our main operational base; grass runway (wet). I took this decision for my safety and as a pilot in command due to the deteriorating meteorological conditions enroute to my two alternate airports. It was raining and I experienced a windshear encounter on short final approach causing a ground loop to the left side of the runway after landing causing structural damage to the aircraft.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A PA18 pilot reported while landing on a wet grass runway in deteriorating weather conditions a windshear on short final caused a ground loop resulting in damage to the aircraft.

Narrative: I was landing at our main operational base; grass runway (wet). I took this decision for my safety and as a pilot in command due to the deteriorating meteorological conditions enroute to my two alternate airports. It was raining and I experienced a windshear encounter on short final approach causing a ground loop to the left side of the runway after landing causing structural damage to the aircraft.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of April 2012 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.